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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4503747, member: 111"]Been a while since I've seen this one (always thought the tines looked like a Klingon weapon) - this is a poor quality recast of Whiting Mfg.'s 'Lily' pattern (introduced in 1902), the handle was probably cast from a genuine lettuce fork, the tines are a fantasy. Real 'Lily' pieces would have been die-struck, and were of high quality, the pattern very detailed and crisp - recasts of desirable patterns have been produced for a few decades now, on the plus side, they're almost always really sterling...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4503747, member: 111"]Been a while since I've seen this one (always thought the tines looked like a Klingon weapon) - this is a poor quality recast of Whiting Mfg.'s 'Lily' pattern (introduced in 1902), the handle was probably cast from a genuine lettuce fork, the tines are a fantasy. Real 'Lily' pieces would have been die-struck, and were of high quality, the pattern very detailed and crisp - recasts of desirable patterns have been produced for a few decades now, on the plus side, they're almost always really sterling... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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